I’m afraid I don’t agree. The pollsters’ job has become harder and perhaps not really possible anymore. You can’t make a silk purse from a sows ear or, to put it another way, garbage in garbage out.
When I was a youngster, I went to parochial schools in a relatively conservative place. Those adults (unlike some mouthy youngsters
) who disagreed with the dominant dogma watched their mouths. Now, people of a even centrist bent, much less a conservative one, in populous places have learned — in public schools, in the universities, through the good offices of their HR department — to keep their views to themselves.
The point is, if one view or another dominates to the point of being able to shout down opposing views, don’t expect civic discourse or the polls to reflect all of the people’s actual opinions.
For example, the island I live on now is similar to Silicon Valley where I used to live. You see a decent smattering of pro-Biden and BLM signs. I was informed the Trump signs are routinely taken here as there.
I am beyond grateful for the secret ballot. I’m also glad that the nonsense (all of it from anywhere and anybody) reaches a fever pitch only once every four years.
Hopefully it won’t be terribly long before I’ll be able to resume wading through the papers in search of the odd nugget of journalism.
